Reconsidering Israel-Diaspora Relations

Reconsidering Israel-Diaspora Relations
Author: Eliezer Ben-Rafael
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 501
Release: 2014-06-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004277072

In this era of globalization, Jewish diversity is marked more than ever by transnational expansion of competing movements and local influences on specific conditions. One factor that still makes Jewish communities one is the common reference to Israel. Today, however, differentiations and discrepancies in identification and behavior generate plurality and ambiguities about Israel-Diaspora relationships. Moreover the Judeophobia now rife in Europe and beyond as well as the spread of the Palestinian cause as a civil religion make Israel the world’s "Jew among nations.” This weighs heavily on community relations - despite Israel’s active presence in the diaspora. In this context, the contributions to this volume focus on Jewish peoplehood, religiosity and ethnicity, gender and generation, Israelophobia and world Jewry, and debate the perspectives that are most pertinent to confront the question: how far is the Jewish Commonwealth (Klal Yisrael) still an important code of Jewry today?

New Perspectives on Israeli History

New Perspectives on Israeli History
Author: Laurence J. Silberstein
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1991-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 081477928X

This volume, the first in the series New perspectives on Jewish studies, published by the Berman Center for Jewish Studies and NYU Press, draws upon recent Israeli and North American historiography to shed new light on fundamental social, political, and cultural issues surrounding the emergence of the State of Israel. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Jewish Arguments and Counterarguments

Jewish Arguments and Counterarguments
Author: Steven Bayme
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780881257380

Steven Bayme examines the challenges facing American Jewry, the Contemprary significance of Israel and Jewish peoplehood, and the claims of Jewish tradition in the modern world.

Religious Networks in the Roman Empire

Religious Networks in the Roman Empire
Author: Anna Collar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2013-12-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107043441

Examines the relationship between social networks and religious transmission to reappraise how new religious ideas spread in the Roman Empire.

The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society

The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society
Author: Reuven Y. Hazan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 725
Release: 2021
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0190675586

"Few countries receive as much attention as Israel and are at the same time as misunderstood. The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society brings together leading Israeli and international figures to offer the most wide-ranging treatment available of an intriguing country. It serves as a comprehensive reference for the growing field of Israel studies and is also a significant resource for students and scholars of comparative politics, recognizing that in many ways Israel is not unique, but rather a test case of democracy in deeply divided societies and states engaged in intense conflict. The handbook presents an overview of the historical development of Israeli democracy through chapters examining the country's history, contemporary society, political institutions, international relations, and most pressing political issues. It outlines the most relevant developments over time while not shying away from the strife both in and around Israel. It presents opposed narratives in full force, enabling readers to make their own judgments"--

New Jewish Identities

New Jewish Identities
Author: Zvi Y. Gitelman
Publisher: Central European University Press
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9639241628

A unique collection of essays that deal with the intriguing and complex problems connected to the question of Jewish identity in the contemporary world. Concerning the problem of identity formation, this book addresses very important issues: What is the content or meaning of Jewish identity? What has replaced religion in defining the content of Jewishness? How do people in different age groups construct their Jewish identity? In most cases, the authors have combined a variety of research methods: they drew samples or relied on the sample surveys of others; used personal interviews with respondents who are especially knowledgeable about their own Jewish communities, or based their research on participant observation of particular communities or communal institutions.

Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction

Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Kevin Kenny
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-07-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780199858583

Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction examines the origins of diaspora as a concept, its changing meanings over time, its current popularity, and its utility in explaining human migration. The book proposes a flexible approach to diaspora based on examples drawn mainly from Jewish, African, Irish, and Asian history.

Israel and the Diaspora: Jewish Connectivity in a Changing World

Israel and the Diaspora: Jewish Connectivity in a Changing World
Author: Robert A. Kenedy
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2022-05-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030808726

This collected volume is based on the proceedings of a symposium held in 2018 at York University, Canada, which was held to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Israel. This symposium highlighted contemporary Jewish identity, Israel-Diaspora relations, and how Jewish life has been transformed in light of various types of antisemitism. The book considers the diasporic Jewish experiences through examining the intersections between various Jewish communities sociologically, historically, and geographically. The text covers world Jewry in general, and each of the diaspora and Israeli Jewries more specifically in the context of mutual responsibility, but also focuses on areas of tension concerning values and political matters. The challenges of antisemitism, racism, and nationalism are explored in terms of the relationship of the Jewish diasporas to their host countries. This text also covers antisemitism, which may take the form of traditional antisemitism or of the new antisemitism in the era of anti-Israel activity related to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. The latter movement is especially prevalent on university campuses and has an impact on students, faculty, and staff. This volume is unique in its international perspective in examining issues of Jewish identity, Israel-diaspora relations, and antisemitism and will appeal to students and researchers working in the field.

Transnationalism

Transnationalism
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 800
Release: 2009-05-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9047440110

This book deals with transnationalism and captures its singularity as a generalized phenomenon. The profusion of transnational communities is a factor of fluidity in social orders and represents confrontations between contingencies and basic socio-cultural drives. It has created a new era different from the past at essential respects. This is an age of enriching cultural diversity fraught with threatening risks inextricably linked to contemporary globalization. National sovereignty is eroded from above by global processes, from below by aspirations of sub-national groups, and from the sides - by transnational allegiances. This is the backdrop against which this book delves into the fundamental issues relating to the nature, scope and overall significance of transnationalism.